Triple
T8717539
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shepard |
E206932
|
entity |
| Predicate | usedBy |
P260
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Shepard Benson |
E548816
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: William Shepard Benson | Statement: [Shepard, usedBy, William Shepard Benson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Shepard Benson Context triple: [Shepard, usedBy, William Shepard Benson]
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A.
George Washington Benson
George Washington Benson is an American jazz guitarist, singer, and songwriter renowned for his smooth style and crossover success in both jazz and pop music.
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B.
William S. Benson
chosen
William S. Benson was a U.S. Navy admiral who served as the first Chief of Naval Operations during World War I.
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C.
William Wallace Smith Bliss
William Wallace Smith Bliss was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and accomplished mathematician who served as a staff officer in the Mexican–American War and as son-in-law and aide to President Zachary Taylor.
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D.
Charles Reed Bishop
Charles Reed Bishop was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist in Hawaii, best known for his influential role in the Hawaiian Kingdom and for establishing major educational and cultural institutions there.
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E.
William Bowers
William Bowers was an American screenwriter known for his sharp, witty scripts in mid-20th-century Hollywood crime films and comedies.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69ca83572d4881909bef3be2b578d539 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5cdac6988190b9f9cc1f350aae53 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d2571ac8ec8190bf59c2cec5e2e6e2 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 12:35 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:36 p.m.